Show Details: September 2007
2007-09-01
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 11 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Second Tied: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
- Second Tied: Angela Nissel Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Korva This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about someone trying to take advantage of the five senses; Not My Job about "The Price Is Right" from a new book about the show; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Senator Larry Craig prove that he's not gay?
Peter Sagal admitted on the show that aired on 2007-09-22 that Paula Poundstone had answered 5 questions correct for Lightning Fill In The Blank, rather than the 4 that Peter and Korva Coleman gave her credit for. Paula's score for this show reflects the incorrect score since it cannot be retroactively changed.
2007-09-08
- First: Mo Rocca Total Score: 16 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: P.J. O'Rourke Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 7 (Starting Score: 1 / Correct Answers: 3)
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about airlines trying to improve the flying experience; Not My Job about the legendary flop, the Ford Edsel, from a "Washington Post" article celebrating the car's 50th anniversary; Panel Round #2; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that scientists have discovered that men choose their mates based on appearance, what will be the next scientific bombshell to drop?
2007-09-15
- First: Roy Blount, Jr. Total Score: 18 (Starting Score: 4 / Correct Answers: 7)
- Second: Mo Rocca Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Kyrie O'Connor Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
Carl Kasell's Countdown; Bluff the Listener about government attempts to reach out to its citizenry; Not My Job about failed food products from a list compiled by MentalFloss.com; Panel Round: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: how will Britney Spears resurrect her career?
The show page on NPR.org lists the first segment as "Who's Carl This Time?" instead of "Carl Kasell's Countdown" and lists the only panel round segment as "Panel Round Two".
After Kyrie guessed "a cat" in her last Lightning Fill In The Blank question, Mo made several meowing sounds in response.
2007-09-22
- First: Paula Poundstone Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Second: Roxanne Roberts Total Score: 12 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 5)
- Third: Paul Provenza Total Score: 10 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 4)
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Questions #1; Bluff the Listener about customer dis-service; Not My Job about the weirdest science experiments ever from a new book, "Elephants on Acid"; Panel Questions #2; Who's Carl This Time? #2; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: what will be the next 90s-related news story?
Peter Sagal admitted that they had robbed Paula Poundstone of 2 points in the 2007-09-01 show and will "right the wrong" on this show. Peter predicted at the beginning of the show that it will be a good day for Paula.
Four words: South Lake Union Tram.
Paula answered enough Lightning Fill In The Black questions correct without any "additional assistance".
2007-09-29
- First: Charlie Pierce Total Score: 15 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Second: Amy Dickinson Total Score: 14 (Starting Score: 2 / Correct Answers: 6)
- Third: Tom Bodett Total Score: 13 (Starting Score: 3 / Correct Answers: 5)
Who's Carl This Time?; Panel Round #1; Bluff the Listener about restrictions being placed on a good thing; Not My Job about blockbuster movie producer Joel Silver; Panel Round #2: Wait Wait On The Trail; Listener Limerick Challenge; Lightning Fill In The Blank; Panelist Predictions: now that Iran's President Ahmadinejad has failed as a stand-up comic, what will be his career move?